Israel and U.S. talk tough about Iran as Trump says Arab nations now have ‘common cause’ with Jews – and Israel’s president warns of nuclear ‘nightmare’
Trump said in Jerusalem that Iran must ‘never ever!’ be allowed to have nukes
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin told him that a nuclear-armed Tehran would be a ‘nightmare’ for the Jewish state
Rivlin approves of U.S. airstrikes against Bashar al-Assad in Syria, and says crossing the chemical weapons ‘red line’ means more action is needed
Trump and Rivlin held bilateral talks, delivered press statements and visited the site of a ceremonial tree-planting in the Trumps’ honor
By David Martosko, US Political Editor
DailyMail.com
22 May 2017
U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday in Israel that the threat of a nuclear-armed Iran is so great that other Arab nations are finding themselves siding with the Jewish state.
And Israeli President Reuven Rivlin told reporters that his nation’s ‘dream’ of living in peace with its neighbors could easily become ‘a nightmare’ if radical Islamists aren’t held in check.
‘The United States and Israel can declare with one voice that Iran must never be allowed to possess a nuclear weapon – never ever!’ Trump said outside the president’s ceremonial residence in Jerusalem.
He demanded that Tehran ‘must cease its deadly funding, training and equipping of terrorists and militias. And it must cease immediately.’
The two men had just finished a bilateral meeting about regional security issues. Iran was on both of their minds.
Rivlin said Israelis ‘must be sure that we don’t go to sleep with a dream and wake up with a nightmare – with Iran, ISIS and Hamas in our borders.’
‘In order to dream, we need to be sure that Iran is out! Out of our borders, out of Syria, out of Lebanon.’
Iran has spent years building a nuclear program with the goal of producing a weapon capable of reaching Israel, according to international observers.
A staple of annual military parades is a medium-range ballistic missile rolling on a truck, with the words ‘Death to Israel’ painted on it in Arabic.
ISIS, too, has become an existential threat to Israel as it operates in parts of Syria that are as close as 25 miles from the border.
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